Population-Based Democracy Vs. Area-Based Democracy- (Part Eight) Session One- Elections Of The House Of Representatives

Population-Based Democracy Vs. Area-Based Democracy-(Part Eight) Session One- Elections Of Members In The House Of Representatives 

Voters have the responsibility to understand that in a Representative Democracy, both Population-Based and Area-Based democratic models are needed. In federal Congress, the House Of Representatives is population based and the US Senate is area based.

However, the current system is too directly democratic and it needs to change. This needed change would still be in compliance with the US Constitution as that document only mandates that all members of the House Of Representatives need to be chosen/elected by The People.

Again, no voting should ever occur that is not public record. Anonymous or even secret balloting defeats the purpose of any election. For a citizen's vote to count, it must be publicly backed. A citizen has to let all others know how they voted before their vote can be considered meaningful. No citizen has any right to vote if he or she refuses to attach meaning to his or her vote. Citing fear is no excuse because fear cannot govern proper decisions.

Life is not without taking risks and making sacrifices. Proper governance requires both. If a citizen is not required to do both to protect his or her freedoms and liberties, that citizen certainly cannot expect their Representative officials (elected and selected) to do the same. 

Cliff Notes Version: The bicameral federal and state legislature are based both on population-based and area-based democratic models. The U.S Constitution will allow indirect popular voting for the U.S. House of Representatives. 

Voting by the electorate must be public only. That is the only way votes can be deemed meaningful.